Following on from my "cheap printer scanner copier" thread I've just bought a Canon Pixma 270 from Tesco because A) it was there, B) I was there, it was cheap (£28) and I couldn't be f**ked to look any further. Sadly it didn't come with a USB cable. It's therefore sat next to the pc doing F all until I can plug it in. What cable do I need? Is USB 1.0 different from 2.0 in cable terms? My PC is 10 years old and has two USB ports which I guess are the very first versions. Google says version 1.1.
I thought my USB camera cable would do but that only has a very small 4mm x
3mm male port on one end and the printer has a big black lump in the middle of where the cable plugs in which means the cable is a female item.Pissed off and wanting to print something.